Cybercriminals are using “deepfakes” to apply for remote-work jobs, the FBI warned. The jobs include IT roles that allow access to customer and financial data as well as other sensitive information.

In a public service announcement, the FBI said it’s seeing an increase in complaints that report use of deepfakes and stolen personal information to apply for remote work.

Deepfakes include videos, images or recordings convincingly altered and manipulated to misrepresent someone as doing or saying something that was not actually said or done.

Complaints report the use of voice spoofing, or potentially voice deepfakes, during online interviews of potential applicants.

“In these interviews, the actions and lip movement of the person seen interviewed on-camera do not completely coordinate with the audio of the person speaking,” the FBI stated. “At times, actions such as coughing, sneezing or other auditory actions are not aligned with what is presented visually.”

Complaints also indicate the cybercriminals are using stolen personal information to apply for the remote positions. In addition, pre-employment background checks discovered personal information provided by some applicants belonged to another person.

The FBI said companies or victims who identify this activity should report it to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov.